Black Lory

Chalcopsitta atra

The Black Lory is distributed to open habitat and lowland
forests of Western New Guinea and surrounding islands. This is
one of the largest lories. There are two distinct populations of
it: the eastern bird population Chalcopsitta atra insignis
have reddish face, shoulder, thigh and underwings while the
western population and nominate form Chalcopsitta atra atra
of West Irian Jaya are mainly black.

The above picture was taken in the Attica Zoological Park,
Athens, Greece, in June 2007.